TAMPA — Don’t look for Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton in the same Yankees lineup when the exhibition season opens Feb. 23.
“The games that matter are in April so if I miss a couple of games, which I probably will early in [spring training], I would rather miss those games than at the end of March and early April,’’ Judge said Wednesday at GMS Field, where he took batting practice for the first time since late-November surgery on his left shoulder that removed loose bodies and included a cartilage clean up.
“Everything is working out the way it’s supposed to be, and I’m looking forward to get everything rolling.